September 6-10th saw new kid on the festival block, Dimensions, hit Fort Punta Christo, the now legendary abandoned fortress near Pula, Croatia, that has been home to Outlook festival since 2010. Sun-soaked beach parties, boat parties on the Adriatic and all night raving in a maze of rocky courtyards and dark tunnels meant that Dimensions was set to follow Outlook’s highly successful blue-print. But this was where the similarities ended: the smaller capacity, more sophisticated programming and slick overall design had clearly been geared to attract a different clientele. A noticably older and more European crowd, obvious local contingent and significant lack of ‘wastemen’ proved this strategy successful, thankfully staving off the ‘Brits Abroad’ feel of Outlook in recent years.
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Posted by chris on September 20th, 2012
13,000 people, 600 artists and a whole lot of bass. One word: EPIC.
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Posted by admin on September 22nd, 2011
A synapse shattering, mind-melting visual and aural assault on the senses
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Posted by chris on June 29th, 2011
So, our last ever party in The Old Post Office in Nottingham was a bit good! We’ve had nothing but positive feedback from everyone involved.
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Posted by chris on June 2nd, 2011
Following on from his sold-out Royal Festival Hall appearance last year, Chris Cunningham announces only his second London solo show at the Camden Roundhouse on 1st June 2011.
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Posted by chris on May 20th, 2011
Here is a line-up featuring some of the biggest young stars around at the moment… and all of the artists on the bill are under 20!
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Posted by admin on May 8th, 2011
It’s not that often nowadays that you look at a festival lineup and think “wow!”. That is, until you check out the lineup for the 1 day Awakenings Festival which is on 25th June in Amsterdam.
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Posted by admin on May 1st, 2011
Torque lands at Corsica Studios on Friday 6th May with a line-up jam packed with some of the best of bass music’s past and present!
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Posted by chris on April 28th, 2011
Australia’s Flight Facilities are about to embark on a European tour with stop-overs in Denmark, Sweden, England, Portugal, Georgia, Spain, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Italy.
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Posted by jennie on March 25th, 2011
Over the last decade, Southbank Centre’s Ether festival has forged a reputation for staging cross-genre and cross-artform events that couldn’t happen anywhere else – from Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke playing alongside London Sinfonietta in 2005 to Chris Cunningham’s mind-and-eye blowing audiovisual spectacular in 2010, via unforgettable appearances by Lou Reed, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Gil Scott-Heron and definitive celebrations of composers ranging from Thomas Adès (2008) to avant-garde legend Edgard Varèse (2010). In 2011, Ether celebrates its 10th birthday with an inspirational mix of pioneering record labels, mercurial innovators, premieres of new work and exciting live music to film.
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Posted by jennie on March 24th, 2011
